Concord Township - Code Enforcement Department

Township of Concord, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)

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43 S. Thornton Road, Glen Mills, PA 19342

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Concord Township lists re-roofing as permit work. The Township's Permits page (read October 7, 2026, https://www.townshipofconcord.com/doing_business/building___codes___zoning___planning/permits___applications.php) says "Permits are required for:" and its list includes "Re-roofing." The Township's 2026 fee schedule, Resolution No. 5-2026, sets under "ROOFING (REPLACEMENT)" a fee of $100.00 for "Residential - applicable to total roof replacement only," and adds: "Must submit material report as part of the permit application and a copy of the manufacturer's warranty at completion." The Township Code itself names no roof work either way. Chapter 91, Construction Codes, Uniform, adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" and amends the adopted codes in its Exhibits A through I, none of which touches roof permits; Section 91-5 A keeps in force "All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were adopted by Concord Township on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the code," which the Code does not list and this record has not read. Under state law, Act 45 says the Act "shall not apply to" "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" or to "Repairs to residential buildings, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" (section 104(b)(5) and (6)), and of a municipal ordinance that adds to the code, section 503(c) says "An ordinance under this subsection shall not be effective nor enforceable unless subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) have been satisfied." This record does not decide whether the municipality's requirement is one adopted under section 503 or kept in effect by section 303(b)(1). In practice, expect the Township to require a permit for a reroof. The Township's amendment to the residential code's penalty section (Exhibit B, R113.4) says: "In case any work for which permit is required by this ordinance is started prior to obtaining a permit, the fee specified shall be doubled." All applicants, residential and commercial, must make an appointment to file a permit application, and "Walk-in permit applications will not be accepted." The Township also requires a contractor licence: "A Contractors License will be required prior to the acceptance of building permits," and Section 82-7 B of the Township Code says "State-licensed home improvement contractors shall submit a copy of their contractor's license and insurance certificate listing Concord Township as a certificate holder." The Township's telephone is 610-459-8911; office hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday. Read for this answer: Chapter 91 of the Township Code (Construction Codes, Uniform) with its Exhibits A through I, and Chapter 82 (Building Construction, Article I, Contractors), in full; a search of the whole Township Code for "roof" and for "reroofing," which finds roof text only in stormwater and zoning provisions and in Exhibit B's party-wall rule, none on permits; the Township's Permits, Obtaining Permits, Uniform Construction Code, Code Enforcement, Contractor Registration and Forms, Applications & Fee Schedules pages; and the 2026 fee schedule.

The 2021 International Residential Code, as adopted by the State in the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code (UCC). 34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7) adopts "The 'International Residential Code of 2021,' except that:" followed by the State's list of exclusions and modifications, effective January 1, 2026 (55 Pa.B. 7701). None of the State's changes touches Chapter 9, Roof Assemblies, or Section R803, Roof Sheathing, so those apply as the International Code Council publishes them. Work on existing buildings is also pointed to the State's existing-building code: "The repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition and relocation of existing buildings must comply with Chapter 34 of the 'International Building Code of 2021' or with the 'International Existing Building Code of 2021'" (34 Pa. Code 403.21(f)). The UCC is the minimum everywhere in the state: "no municipality may propose or enact any ordinance which is less than the minimum requirement of the Uniform Construction Code" (Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, Act 45 of 1999, section 503(b)). The Act also lists work it "shall not apply to", including "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress" or to "Repairs to residential buildings," in each case "except as might be required by ordinances" kept in force under section 303(b)(1) or adopted under section 503 (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6); 34 Pa. Code 403.1(b)(8) and (9)). The Act defines a repair as "The reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing building for the purpose of its maintenance." So whether the code's roofing rules reach a given house reroof depends on the municipality's own ordinances. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, Concord Township administers the code itself: Section 91-1 of the Township Code says the Township "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Code Enforcement Department "reviews and issues building, zoning, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and sign permits." The department is at the Concord Township Municipal Building, 43 S. Thornton Road, Glen Mills. Section 91-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code, "as amended from time to time," as the Building Code of Concord Township, and Exhibits A through I amend the adopted codes; none of the amendments changes the code's roofing provisions. Section 91-5 A keeps in force the Township's building code ordinances adopted on or before July 1, 1999 that equal or exceed the code; the Code does not list them and they were not read. Section 91-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time"; Exhibit B's residential code amendments name no edition, Exhibit A's amendments to the building code begin "Said IBC, 2003, hereby is amended as follows," and the Township's Uniform Construction Code page says the Township's Building Code "has adopted the most current code release".

Not required — No impact-resistance requirement under state law. The State's adoption of the 2021 International Residential Code (34 Pa. Code 403.21) contains no hail or impact rule, and it makes no change to the code's roof assemblies chapter, which itself has no UL 2218, Class 4 or hail-impact requirement for roof coverings. A municipality could add one only by an ordinance that equals or exceeds the Uniform Construction Code under Act 45 section 503, filed with the Department of Labor and Industry; none of the filings on the Department's register of municipal code change ordinances mentions hail or impact resistance. An owner may still choose an impact-rated roof covering. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, Concord Township administers the code itself: Section 91-1 of the Township Code says the Township "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Code Enforcement Department "reviews and issues building, zoning, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and sign permits." The department is at the Concord Township Municipal Building, 43 S. Thornton Road, Glen Mills. Chapter 91 of the Township Code and its Exhibits A through I, read in full, contain no UL 2218, Class 4 or hail-impact requirement; the only roof-covering class in them, in Exhibit B's party-wall rule ("The roof covering has a minimum of a Class C rating"), is a fire classification, not an impact rating. Section 91-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time"; Exhibit B's residential code amendments name no edition, Exhibit A's amendments to the building code begin "Said IBC, 2003, hereby is amended as follows," and the Township's Uniform Construction Code page says the Township's Building Code "has adopted the most current code release".

Concord Township lists re-roofing as permit work and has its own roofing fee. The Township's Permits page (read October 7, 2026, https://www.townshipofconcord.com/doing_business/building___codes___zoning___planning/permits___applications.php) says "Permits are required for:" and its list includes "Re-roofing." The Township's 2026 fee schedule, Resolution No. 5-2026, sets under "ROOFING (REPLACEMENT)" a fee of $100.00 for "Residential - applicable to total roof replacement only," and adds: "Must submit material report as part of the permit application and a copy of the manufacturer's warranty at completion." The Township Code itself names no roof work either way. Chapter 91, Construction Codes, Uniform, adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time" and amends the adopted codes in its Exhibits A through I, none of which touches roof permits; Section 91-5 A keeps in force "All building code ordinances or portions of ordinances which were adopted by Concord Township on or before July 1, 1999, and which equal or exceed the requirements of the code," which the Code does not list and this record has not read. Under state law, Act 45 says the Act "shall not apply to" "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" or to "Repairs to residential buildings, except as might be required by ordinances in effect pursuant to section 303(b)(1) or adopted pursuant to section 503" (section 104(b)(5) and (6)), and of a municipal ordinance that adds to the code, section 503(c) says "An ordinance under this subsection shall not be effective nor enforceable unless subsections (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) have been satisfied." This record does not decide whether the municipality's requirement is one adopted under section 503 or kept in effect by section 303(b)(1). In practice, expect the Township to require a permit for a reroof. The Township's amendment to the residential code's penalty section (Exhibit B, R113.4) says: "In case any work for which permit is required by this ordinance is started prior to obtaining a permit, the fee specified shall be doubled." State law sets no square-footage or percentage threshold for roof work; any threshold is set locally. The Uniform Construction Code "does not apply to" "Alterations to residential buildings which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress, except as required by ordinances in effect under sections 303(b)(1) or 503 of the act" or to "Repairs to residential buildings, except as required by ordinances in effect under sections 303(b)(1) and 503 of the act" (34 Pa. Code 403.1(b)(8) and (9)), and "A permit is not required for the exceptions listed in § 403.1(b) (relating to scope) and the following, if the work does not violate a law or ordinance" (34 Pa. Code 403.62(c)). For houses the regulation adds: "An ordinary repair does not require a permit." Its list of work that is not an ordinary repair names cutting away a load-bearing wall, "The removal or cutting of any structural beam or load-bearing support," changes to a required means of egress, and new or relocated piping, wiring or mechanical work (34 Pa. Code 403.62(d)); roofing is not named. A municipality may require more: under Act 45 section 503(c) it "may enact ordinances pursuant to this section which adopt additional code requirements for alterations or repairs to residential buildings," after a public hearing and after filing the proposed ordinance with the Department of Labor and Industry. These rules concern a "Residential building," which the regulation defines as "Detached one-family and two-family dwellings and townhouses which are not more than three stories above grade plane in height with a separate means of egress and their accessory structures" (34 Pa. Code 401.1). Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, Concord Township administers the code itself: Section 91-1 of the Township Code says the Township "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Code Enforcement Department "reviews and issues building, zoning, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and sign permits." The department is at the Concord Township Municipal Building, 43 S. Thornton Road, Glen Mills. No Township text sets an area or cost threshold for residential roof work; the residential roofing fee is stated as "applicable to total roof replacement only," and the commercial roofing fees divide at 3 squares (300 sq. ft.).

Two layers at most where the state code reaches the job. Pennsylvania adopts the 2021 International Residential Code without changing its reroofing section, R908 (34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7); the State's list of changes names no Chapter 9 section). Section R908.3.1.1 says "A roof recover shall not be permitted where any of the following conditions occur," and the third condition is "Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering." So one existing layer may be covered once, and a roof that already has two layers is torn off to the deck. The same section also bars a recover "Where the existing roof or roof covering is water soaked or has deteriorated to the point that the existing roof or roof covering is not adequate as a base for additional roofing" and "Where the existing roof covering is slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile." The existing-building code the State also adopts, the 2021 International Existing Building Code (34 Pa. Code 403.21(f)), carries the same three conditions in Section 705.2.1.1. These rules bind work the Uniform Construction Code reaches. The Act does not apply to "Repairs to residential buildings" or to alterations that make no structural change, "except as might be required by ordinances" (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6)), so whether R908 binds a particular house reroof turns on that exclusion and on the municipality's own ordinances. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, Concord Township administers the code itself: Section 91-1 of the Township Code says the Township "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Code Enforcement Department "reviews and issues building, zoning, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and sign permits." The department is at the Concord Township Municipal Building, 43 S. Thornton Road, Glen Mills. Chapter 91 of the Township Code and its Exhibits A through I change nothing in the code's reroofing provisions, and the Township's pages say nothing on roof layers; the Township lists re-roofing as permit work. Section 91-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time"; Exhibit B's residential code amendments name no edition, Exhibit A's amendments to the building code begin "Said IBC, 2003, hereby is amended as follows," and the Township's Uniform Construction Code page says the Township's Building Code "has adopted the most current code release".

State rules from the base code, where the state code reaches the job. Pennsylvania adopts the 2021 International Residential Code without changing Section R803, Roof Sheathing (34 Pa. Code 403.21(a)(7); the State's changes to Chapter 8 are to ridge framing and attic ventilation). Lumber roof sheathing follows Table R803.1: over rafters or beams 24 inches apart it must be at least 5/8 inch net thick. Wood structural panels "shall be identified for grade, bond classification and performance category by a grade mark or certificate of inspection issued by an approved agency," and their spans "shall not exceed the values set forth in Table R503.2.1.1(1) or APA E30." For shingles, "Asphalt shingles shall be fastened to solidly sheathed decks" (R905.2.1), and on any reroof "The structural roof components shall be capable of supporting the roof covering system and the material and equipment loads that will be encountered during installation of the roof covering system" (R908.2). These rules bind work the Uniform Construction Code reaches; the Act does not apply to "Repairs to residential buildings" or to alterations that make no structural change, "except as might be required by ordinances" (Act 45 section 104(b)(5) and (6)). Act 45 section 104(b)(5) excludes alterations "which do not make structural changes or changes to means of egress" and says only that "a structural change does not include a minor framing change needed to replace existing windows or doors"; 34 Pa. Code 403.62(d)(2) lists "The removal or cutting of any structural beam or load-bearing support" as not an ordinary repair. Neither names roof sheathing; this record does not decide whether replacing it is either. Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Locally, Concord Township administers the code itself: Section 91-1 of the Township Code says the Township "hereby elects to administer and enforce the provisions of the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act," and the Township's Code Enforcement Department "reviews and issues building, zoning, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and sign permits." The department is at the Concord Township Municipal Building, 43 S. Thornton Road, Glen Mills. Exhibit B to Chapter 91 amends Section R601.2 for "Buildings with more than one family dwelling unit": the wall between units may end at the underside of the roof deck only if, among other conditions, "The roof sheathing or deck is constructed of approved noncombustible materials or of fire-retardant treated wood for a distance of four feet (1,219 millimeters) on both sides of the wall," or is lined beneath with five-eighths-inch Type X gypsum board for the same distance. Otherwise Chapter 91 and its exhibits change nothing in the code's roof sheathing provisions, and the Township's pages draw no separate line for roof sheathing. Section 91-2 adopts the Uniform Construction Code "as amended from time to time"; Exhibit B's residential code amendments name no edition, Exhibit A's amendments to the building code begin "Said IBC, 2003, hereby is amended as follows," and the Township's Uniform Construction Code page says the Township's Building Code "has adopted the most current code release".

6% Pennsylvania sales and use tax, with a local tax added on purchases made in Allegheny County (1%) and Philadelphia (2%). On a reroof the roofer pays the tax on the materials and does not add it to the homeowner's bill. The Department of Revenue says: "The Pennsylvania sales tax rate is 6 percent. By law, a 1 percent local tax is added to purchases made in Allegheny County, and 2 percent local tax is added to purchases made in Philadelphia." Roof work is a construction activity: the rule's list of items "presumed to become a permanent part of real estate" includes "Roofing (repairs)" (61 Pa. Code 31.11). For construction activities, "A contractor shall pay tax upon the purchase price ... of all property, including materials, equipment, components and supplies, which he furnishes and installs" (61 Pa. Code 31.12(a)(1)), and the rule's example says the contractor "does not charge sales tax on this transaction to his customer. The contractor may include the tax he must pay in his bid proposal but not as a separately stated item." Apart from limited exceptions set out in the rule, the same holds on jobs for tax-exempt owners: "a contractor erecting a building, repairing a roof, replacing a door for a governmental agency, ... school district, charitable or religious organization, and the like, shall pay tax upon the property which he consumes" (61 Pa. Code 31.13(a)). Everything above is Pennsylvania state law, the same in every municipality. Concord Township is in Delaware County. The Township's permit pages and fee schedule say nothing on sales tax.